...and that's exactly how it should be!



Like I said, Leadbelly is going back to the roots of the blues. But you taught me something too, for some reason I was almost sure that Bob Dylan had written House of the Rising Sun. When you said you listened to Leadbelly's version I wondered how is that possible? So I looked it up and, of course, I was wrong about Dylan. Obviously I didn't know Leadbelly had ever done it.

As much as I like most of his music, I can't listen to Leadbelly's original recordings. The technology was so poor back then it hurts my ears. The song I linked was from the soundtrack to the movie about him that was released back in 1976. It's funny, compared to today the technology from the '70's is obsolete, but it's still pretty high quality. I read that the artist put a lot of effort into learning to sound like Leadbelly.

As for House of the Rising Sun, as you know it's been done by countless artists and I assume you meant to say "but I’d be lying to say “The Animals” version ISN'T better..". I agree, Eric Burton & the Animals version is the best, IMO too. It's become the gold standard that all others are compared to, and less than.

President Trump is the first politician in forever to leave office with less wealth than when he entered it, and you see that as evidence of corruption. Amazing!

Yes, Dashy, those J** 6 r****rs were stupid. If they'd just followed what you l*****ts do and burned the capitol to the ground it would have been a peaceful protest.

From the perspective of the left, Biden IS a roaring success. Remember, the left believes that in order to create their perfect socialist utopia, they first have to completely tear down what we have. It's hard to believe that the l*****ts have only been in charge for less than 1.5 years! Look at all the damage they've managed to do in such a short time! It's truly unprecedented. It took Obama years to accomplish less destruction than this administration has done in mere months.

Like you, I also h**ed history and civics and didn't realize their importance until long after I was done with school. But, also like you, I did learn them. I don't know for sure, but I strongly suspect that since l*****ts took over the entire education system they've stopped teaching that we're a representative republic and instead teach that we're a democracy, which is a synonym for mob rule. The average lifespan for a democracy is about 200 years, that's how long it takes for the majority to realize that instead of working for a living they can v**e to steal from those who do. Once more than 50% start v****g for a living instead of working, the nation will collapse.

The goal of l*****ts seems to be to hasten the collapse so they can replace it with a socialist utopia. Disarming those who oppose that is part of the plan.

Good day to you, too, Linda. You never need an invitation to give me your input, I value your opinion.

Of all the people more to the left on this site, I think the one I respect the most is Coos Bay Tom. Despite disagreeing with his opinions, he expresses them well, he gives reasons for them, and he is usually civil and respectful. I'm beginning to see those same qualities in Slatt as well. Further, having folks like you vouch for him goes a long way. Thanks.

On a different topic, did you like that Leadbelly song?

Thanks for doing the explanation, not that it will do any good...

Given your total lack of knowledge about pretty much everything, you probably don't know this either, but the Chinese population was stripped of their gun rights long ago. It is illegal to own a personal gun in China. The penalty for committing gun crimes in China is death. When a Chinese citizen is sentenced to death, they are taken from the courthouse and immediately shot in the head. Unlike in the US, they don't sit on death row filing appeal after appeal until they're released or die of old age. Because of all that, you don't hear of very many mass shootings in China, except by government officials.

However, on a fairly regular basis there are reports from China about some lunatic who goes to a school and murders a bunch of children. The weapon of choice for most of those lunatics seems to be knives or swords.

What should the CCP (Chinese C*******t Party) do to prevent these murders?

Should they ban all knives and swords?

Should they determine, in each case, the brand of the knife or sword the lunatic used and ban that brand? Should they hold the manufacturer of the knife or sword responsible? Should they hold the stores that sell that brand responsible? Should they hold the mining company that mined the iron to make the steel for the knife or sword responsible?

Should they determine, in each case, the type of the knife or sword the lunatic used and ban that type? For instance, if a hunting knife was used in a school k*****g spree, should all Chinese citizens be banned from owning hunting knives?

Thanks for clarifying about your comments not being personally directed.

As for the 'both sides' part, in my response I just wanted to point out that I agree with that sentiment and always have. That's why I have also called out stupidity and vapidity on the part of some on the 'right' here on OPP.

Having said that, IMHO, while there are definitely stupid people on both sides, stupidity seems to be official policy on the left. For instance, Democrats/l*****ts seem to be surprised at the surge in crime while Republicans/conservatives expected it after the Democrats released thousands of violent criminals from jail at the start of the p******c.



Thanks for the compliment, I totally deserve it. <joke!>

I know it's customary to return your compliment, but to be perfectly honest, I haven't read enough of your postings to develop an informed opinion of you. For wh**ever reason we both seem to be drawn to different subject matters, or at least the ones I scan don't usually have many messages from you. I can say that I recognize you act like an adult, unlike Dashy and others.

I like the quote, hadn't heard it before as far as I remember. I've found that often it's good to type out a response, then wait at least a few hours and read it. Then decide if you want to post it.

I agree about Stevie Ray Vaughn, thanks for the links. Have a great day.

That's not logic, that's l*****t logic. AKA: Absurdity wrapped in a swaddling cocoon of self-righteous virtue signaling.

Here's a question I've never heard asked:

When did mass shootings become so common? Was it before or after it was decided to shut down most of the insane asylums and mainstream insane patients? Seems like it might be relevant.

Absolutely true! They are using the acts of crazies they refuse to lock up as an excuse to disarm us so we can't defend ourselves against their brownshirts. Remember how furious all the Democrats were when the McCloskey's brandished firearms and prevented the B*M mob from murdering them?

On the contrary, Slat, on more than one occasion I have called out stupid, vapid conservatives on this site and accused them of exactly the same thing, although I may not have called them bots, don't remember. I do remember that I publicly accused them of being l*****ts posing as stupid conservatives in order to make conservatives look bad.

Now, I can understand that you didn't know that because I don't expect you or anybody else to review all 3000+ postings I've made on OPP before commenting on a recent one of mine, but now you know.

It's unclear to me whether or not your comment is accusing me of being stupid, vapid or both, so I won't accuse you of doing so. However, if that was your intention then the smart, adult thing to do would be to provide examples of stupid, vapid things I've posted along with an explanation of why you consider them to be stupid and/or vapid. Then we could discuss them like adults. You don't strike me as being an immature child, like Dashy comes across.

Having said all that, since we are both music fans, check this out. 'Life by the Drop' fingerpicked on a 12-string by a virtuoso. Excellent!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6IlsPurPKs

Well, Dashy, if the government can't regulate morality, then they can't make murder illegal. If murder isn't illegal, according to you, there's nothing wrong with it. So you have no right to complain about what happened in Uvalde.